526 INDEX, 
Plariman obferves the externa] contaft of the' tranfit ol 
Venus at Cajaneburgh, p. 330. And the eclipfe of the 
Sun, ibid. 
Price^ Mr. Richard, his obfervations on expedations of 
life, &c. p. 89, &c. 
Priefdy, Dr. on the lateral force of eleflrical explofions, 
P‘ 57» 5^* On the force of electrical explofions,. p. 63, 
&c. 
Putrefa 5 iiono{ fifh makes the fea-water luminous, p. 447. 
Salt neceflary for this effeCt, ibid. How accounted 
for, p. 449. 
R. 
Rain^ unequal quantities of it fall at top or at bottom of 
high buildings, p. 361. 
Rafpe^ Mr. his dilTertation on the foflll bones found in 
North America, p. 126. 
Robertfon^ Mr, John, his letter to the Prefident, p. 74. 
Communicates the demonftration of a law of motion in 
bodies defleCled by two forces tending to two points, by 
the late Mr. Jones, p. 75. 
Rofewarne, Mr. his account of a fpecimen of native tin 
found in Cornwall, p. 49. 
Royal Society confulted about the means of fecuring the ca- . 
thedral of St. Paul’s from damage by lightening, p. 1 60. 
Report of a committee in confequence of this appli- 
cation, p. 162, &c. Sends obfervers to the North 
Cape on account of the tranfit of Venus, p. 253. And 
to Hudfon’s bay, p. 480. 
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Safinimy the name of a Samnite family, p. 437. 
Saint PauVsy the Dean and Chapter of, confult the Royal 
Society about the bert: means of fecuring their cathedral 
from damage by lightening, p. 160. How the build- 
ing may be fecured, p. 162, &c. 
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